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  • Stargazing News - May 20th, 2024

    From CJ@954:895/61 to All on Sun May 19 07:45:33 2024
    Monday May 20, 2024

    The Aristarchus Plateau (all night)

    Three prominent craters break up the expanse of Oceanus Procellarum, the
    broad dark region on the left-hand (western) half of the moon. Large
    Copernicus is the easternmost crater. Its extensive, ragged ray system intermingles with that of smaller Kepler to its southwest. The very bright crater Aristarchus positioned to the lunar northwest of them occupies the corner of a diamond- shaped plateau that is one of the most colorful regions
    on the moon. NASA orbiters have detected high levels of radioactive radon there. Use a telescope and high magnification to view features like the
    large, sinuous rille named Vallis Schrsteri. Its snake-like form begins
    between Aristarchus and next-door Herodotus and meanders across the plateau.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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